description: The ethnic group or groups that a person identifies with or feels they belong to.  Ethnicity is a measure of cultural affiliation as opposed to race, ancestry, nationality or citizen.  Ethnicity is self-perceived and a person can belong to more than one group.\n\nThe Stats New Zealand standard can be found [here](http://aria.stats.govt.nz/aria/#ClassificationView:uri=http://stats.govt.nz/cms/ClassificationVersion/YVqOcFHSlguKkT17).
package_name: fhir.org.nz.ig.base
derivation: constraint
name: Nz_ethnicity
type: Extension
elements:
  extension: {index: 0}
  url:
    pattern: {type: uri, value: 'http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/nz-ethnicity'}
    type: uri
    index: 1
  value:
    choices: [valueCodeableConcept]
    index: 3
  valueCodeableConcept: {type: CodeableConcept, choiceOf: value, index: 4}
package_version: 2.0.0
extensions: {}
class: extension
kind: complex-type
url: http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/nz-ethnicity
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension
version: 0.1.0
required: [value, valueCodeableConcept]